brainstormern.

Brit.

/ˈbreɪnˌstɔːmə/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪnˌstɔrmər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brainstorm n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < brainstorm n. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier stormer n. With sense 2 compare earlier brainstorming n.

1. U.S. colloquial. A person who experiences brainstorms (cf. brainstorm n. 1, 2a); an insane, mercurial, or unstable person; an inspired or eccentric thinker, an intellectual. Frequently depreciative. Now rare.

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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > inconstant person or thing > inconstant person

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1907 Chicago Tribune 14 Feb. 1/4 (heading) An up to date ballad of a brain stormer... When I think of you, I faint With a psychopathic taint And a fulminating state of mental mania.

1912 Common Cause June 63/1 Iconoclasts—the brainstormers against Christianity.

1915 Sequoyah County Democrat (Sallisaw, Okla.) 16 July It seems that Thaw has been normal these nine years; that he is not the paranoiac and ‘brainstormer’ he was supposed to be.

1935 San Antonio (Texas) Light 3 May 2 b/1 What do the brainstormers in Washington care for the confidence of the investors and a renewed flow of private capital into business enterprise?

1940 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 18 Feb. 14 (advt.) It is just about impossible to suppress the wit of this mad-cap brain-stormer.

1998 H. J. Horacek Brainstorms i. 10 There was no diagnostic concept that could capture the paradoxical character of such brainstormers, whose greatest disabilities often seemed to spring from the same well as their greatest talents.

2. Originally U.S. A participant in a brainstorming session.

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1942 A. F. Osborn How to think Up iv. 29 Brain-storming starts about seven-thirty and ends at nine. By nine, brain-stormers have begun to enjoy themselves so much that they hate to quit.

1956 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 13 Mar. 7/2 A brainstorming session goes like this... All the brainstormers have the same background and experience.

1977 Curriculum Inq. 7 95 I worked on the course during its very early design stages, serving primarily as brainstormer and critic.

2007 J. W. Hughes Environmental Probl. Solving vii. 103 An effective recording secretary is able to grasp brainstormers' ideas quickly and to capture them on paper in few words.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brainstormer
释义	brainstormern. Brit. /ˈbreɪnˌstɔːmə/, U.S. /ˈbreɪnˌstɔrmər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brainstorm n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < brainstorm n. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier stormer n. With sense 2 compare earlier brainstorming n. 1. U.S. colloquial. A person who experiences brainstorms (cf. brainstorm n. 1, 2a); an insane, mercurial, or unstable person; an inspired or eccentric thinker, an intellectual. Frequently depreciative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > inconstant person or thing > inconstant person starter1519 changeling1539 flirt1577 Protean1598 weathercock1598 changerc1600 mooncalf1607 minute jacka1616 a nose of wax1821 sugar stick1825 wax-nosea1843 in-and-outer1905 brainstormer1907 1907 Chicago Tribune 14 Feb. 1/4 (heading) An up to date ballad of a brain stormer... When I think of you, I faint With a psychopathic taint And a fulminating state of mental mania. 1912 Common Cause June 63/1 Iconoclasts—the brainstormers against Christianity. 1915 Sequoyah County Democrat (Sallisaw, Okla.) 16 July It seems that Thaw has been normal these nine years; that he is not the paranoiac and ‘brainstormer’ he was supposed to be. 1935 San Antonio (Texas) Light 3 May 2 b/1 What do the brainstormers in Washington care for the confidence of the investors and a renewed flow of private capital into business enterprise? 1940 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 18 Feb. 14 (advt.) It is just about impossible to suppress the wit of this mad-cap brain-stormer. 1998 H. J. Horacek Brainstorms i. 10 There was no diagnostic concept that could capture the paradoxical character of such brainstormers, whose greatest disabilities often seemed to spring from the same well as their greatest talents. 2. Originally U.S. A participant in a brainstorming session. ΚΠ 1942 A. F. Osborn How to think Up iv. 29 Brain-storming starts about seven-thirty and ends at nine. By nine, brain-stormers have begun to enjoy themselves so much that they hate to quit. 1956 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 13 Mar. 7/2 A brainstorming session goes like this... All the brainstormers have the same background and experience. 1977 Curriculum Inq. 7 95 I worked on the course during its very early design stages, serving primarily as brainstormer and critic. 2007 J. W. Hughes Environmental Probl. Solving vii. 103 An effective recording secretary is able to grasp brainstormers' ideas quickly and to capture them on paper in few words. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1907
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